A practical approach to programmatic assessment design

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1169-1182

  Timmerman, A A ^a   Dijkstra, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment quality; Instructional design; Medical education; Programmatic assessment; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUND; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 85010711870     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: 15731677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-017-9756-3     Document Type: Article

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